The posts are slowly coming in for the Monthly Wine Writing Challenge (#MWWC6) and I just wanted to throw out a friendly reminder that the deadline to submit your entry is fast approaching! Thus far, I know of two entries (both of which have been reblogged on mwwcblog.wordpress.com). I have also heard from many of you (you know who you are) that you will be entering this month, but as of yet, well, bupkis.
Entries thus far:
Once again, here are the rules and relevant dates:
The rules
- Write a post based on this month’s theme: “Mystery”. It can be fiction, non-fiction, wine reviews, diary entries, poems, heck it could even be a transcription of a “butt-call” that you received from your spouse as long as it has something to do with wine and incorporates the theme in some way.
- The post should be at least tangentially related to wine (after all, it is the name of the challenge!).
- The post should be more or less around 1000 words (I routinely violate this rule, so it is just there as a “guide”).
- Include the Monthly Wine Writing Challenge badge that was designed by the very first winner, The Armchair Sommelier.
- Once you post on your blog, link back to this post (or somehow notify me), and I will be sure to include a link here as well as on all subsequent posts about this month’s challenge. I will also reblog the post at mwwcblog.wordpress.com
- It would be great if you tweet a link using the hashtag #MWWC6.
- Remember to vote!
The all important dates:
Deadline for submission: Monday, January 13th, 2014
Voting Begins: Tuesday, January 14th, 2014
Voting Ends: Monday, January 20th, 2014
Winner Announced: Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
If you need some inspiration, here is the exhaustive list (I think) of all the past challenges and submissions:
For the first challenge, hosted by yours truly, had “Transportation” as a theme and we had ten submissions:
The Armchair Sommelier (winner)
The Drunken Cyclist (host)
That first challenge was won by The Armchair Sommelier, who then hosted the next challenge with “Trouble” as the theme. There were 12 submissions:
From Vinho Verde to Barolo with Love
My Custard Pie (winner)
The Armchair Sommelier (host)
The Drunken Cyclist – part Deux
#MWWC3 was hosted by My Custard Pie in way off Dubai and she chose the theme “Possession” for which there were a whopping 15 submissions:
Possession – a short story by The Wine Kat (winner)
Possession: A Confession by Wine Swap
I’m not a hoarder, I’m a collector by The Armchair Sommelier
The Possession Obsession by Duff’s Wines
‘He Who Knows He Has Enough is Rich’ -Lao Tzu by From Vinho Verde to Barolo with Love
How possessive are the wine lovers? by Talk-a-vino
A wine for a dreadfully awkward meal in A.S. Byatt’s Possession by Jameson Fink
Possession or Are German winemakers merely possessors? by The Winegetter
Possession: It’s Mine!!! by Red Wine Diva
Rice wine at the mid-Autumn festival by Saucy Gander
Possession by The Wine Raconteur
Who owns a name? Celebrating Robert Mondavi’s centenary by My Custard Pie (host)
Possession:Entry Denied by Foodwineclick
Monthly Wine Writing Challenge #3: Possession by The Drunken Cyclist
Depossessed drink: Wine on loan by Wayward Wine
MWWC #3 – Wine and Sarah McLachlan by The Food and Wine Hedonist
#MWWC4 was hosted by Wine Kat and her chosen theme was “Oops” and there were eight submissions (Full disclosure: I did not submit to this challenge. Not because I do not make mistakes, but rather I could not choose from the multitudes).
Desolé Beaujolais – by Confessions of a Wine Geek (winner)
Trick or Treat – by Wayward Wine
Oops – by BYWine
Wine’s Oops Moments – by Talk-a-vino
The Perfect Word for Winetasting – by MyCustardPie
Oops – by Wine Raconteur
Oops Moments – by Foodwineclick
Brush with the biodynamic – by The Armchair Sommelier
And Last month, the theme was “Feast” which was chosen by Confessions of a Wine Geek:
The Wine Kat (@thewinekat) Mac Datho’s Pig
BY Wine (@BYWineUk) Shoes or Wine?
Wayward Wine (@waywardwine) A foodless wine feast of Penfolds
binNotes (@binNotes) Feast
The Armchair Sommelier (@armchairsomm) Lutefisk The ghost of Christmas past
The Drunken Cyclist (@masi3v) Feast (winner)
Sybaricious (@sybaricious) Gordon Ramsay Royal Hospital Road
Confessions of a Wine Geek (@winegeekconfess) The day Ave & Al tried to kill us (host)
[Image credits: Freepik, Wikipedia]
It’s a good thing there are still two weeks until the deadline, because so far, I’ve come up with exactly zippy for ideas. Maybe I’ll pour myself a glass or four of motivation tonight and see if that stirs anything up . . . Salud!
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Have some fun with it! It does not have to be fiction: maybe a blind tasting, exploring why you enjoy wine so much, a gift that you received, anticipation for Secret Alcoholic….
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Thanks for the reminder. I haven’t forgotten! I have an idea. I have been doing some work on it already. But I have to complete the writing, and that can be a slow process sometimes. So, while I can’t promise an entry this go-round, I can promise that I’m gonna try.
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That is the goal of the entire challenge: get those creative juices flowing and think a bit outside of our standard routines! You can do it!
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Reblogged this on Michael's Wine.
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Reblogged this on mwwcblog.
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OK. I’ve got my attempt up. I think I may have gone over the word limit a little bit. I tried editing it down. I hope I don’t get into too much trouble. lol
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I am the last to complain about the length of a post! Really enjoyed your entry, btw!
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Finally posted my offering to #MWWC6. I became so irascable attempting to channel Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, that my wife worried I might confuse her for Morriarty. Hard to keep long-winded Holmes to 1,000 words.
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I am hardly the one to enforce the word limit! (It is merely a suggestion…)
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A very helpful suggestion at that! Otherwise the post would have been pages of Holmesian rambling. Thanks!
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😉
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OK, count me in for January MWWC6
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Excellent!
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Finally got my arse in gear and wrote an entry. Here we go: http://juliabaileywine.co.uk/mwwc6/
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You Brits have such funny words for almost everything!
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Jeff,
Just posted on the challenge. Have a great Sunday!
http://duffswines.com/2014/01/05/the-mystery-of-wine-mwwc6/
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That’s great! I will re-blog it on MWWCBlog today!
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I wanna play! I wanna play!
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Excellent entry! Thanks for entering!
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Ok, finally joined the challenge. Better late than never, right? Chills in the Hills of Chianti-(#MWWC6)Mystery
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I was so hoping you would enter!
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Thanks!
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Hope it didn’t disappoint. 🙂
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Hardly! 😉
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I would like to join the challenge! Not sure how I link back to your blog for it. Will be posting tomorrow. Kara Sweet– The Sweet Sommelier
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You are in! Thanks for the entry!
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Hope I did this properly. Here is my entry:
http://thesweetsommelier.blogspot.com/
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Yes, you did it right! I reblogged it over on http://www.mwwcblog.wordpress.com
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Merci for visiting and liking my blog! Wishing you all the best for yours.
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Merci à vous aussi!
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